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DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS 



Many of our own States could well pattern 

 after the efficient system employed for the care 

 of indigents in Cuba. 



A system of instruction, sanitation, workman- 

 ship, recreation and discipline has been built up 

 in the prisons, which raises them to the level of 

 the best establishments of the kind in the world. 



The Department of Prisons is under the direc- 

 tion of Commissioner General Demetrio Castillo 

 Duany, and the penitentiary, situated in the old 

 Principe Castle, located on the crest of a hill 

 overlooking the City of Havana is a model 

 institution of its kind. 



DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION 



The station for immigrants, located at "Tris- 

 cornia," adjacent to the City of Havana, was 

 built for the exclusive convenience of the many 

 immigrants arriving at that port, and its main- 

 tenance is provided for by the Government 

 without profits, at the insignificant charge of 20c 

 per day from each immigrant. 



Very many good rules govern Cuban immigra- 

 tion, among which may be mentioned, that no 

 immigrant may land who comes as a contracted 

 laborer. All immigrants are examined individu- 

 ally by the inspector on board the incoming ship 

 and admittance may be refused on the grounds 

 of contagious diseases, beggary, lunacy, or lark 

 of sufficient funds for proper maintenance, or 

 mental capacity. 



During the five years, 1 910-19 15, there were 

 358,189 passengers who passed the inspection of 

 this department. 



